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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/02/24/Janus-v-AFSCME-union-lawsuit The Two Faces of Janus: The Billionaires Behind the Supreme Court Case Poised to Dismantle Public Sector Unions]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/04/09/alec-legislator-homosexuals-psychopathic-killers/ ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers "It's a Behavior Thing"]</h3>
[[Image:Janus-Inverted-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]The Roman god Janus was known for having two faces. It is a fitting name for the U.S. Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments February 26, ''Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31'', that could deal a [http://inthesetimes.com/article/20119/the-public-sector-on-trial-janus devastating blow] to public-sector unions and workers nationwide.
[[Image:Bruton-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Indiana Rep. Woody Burton</center>]]The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has been reporting on some of the bizarre choices for ALEC's "Legislator of the Week Award." In Indiana, Republican Rep. Woody Burton, the chair of the Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Taskforce, who was named the ALEC/FreedomWorks "legislator of the week" in March had this to say when discussing LGBT rights at a town hall meeting:


In the past decade, a small group of people working for deep-pocketed corporate interests, conservative think tanks and right-wing foundations have bankrolled a series of lawsuits to end what they call "forced unionization." They say they fight in the name of "free speech," "worker rights" and "workplace freedom." In briefs before the court, they present their public face: carefully selected and appealing plaintiffs like Illinois child-support worker Mark Janus and California schoolteacher Rebecca Friedrichs. The language they use is relentlessly pro-worker.
"You can't control it sometimes. I understand that. If someone's a psychopathic killer, it's a behavior thing. They can't help it. OK? Somebody's a homosexual, maybe it's a genetic thing. Maybe it's not. They can't help it. But it's still a [https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/behind-closed-doors/2016/01/26/lawmaker-invokes-jared-fogle-killers-and-fat-people-discussing-lgbt-rights/79358274/ behavioral thing].”


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/02/24/Janus-v-AFSCME-union-lawsuit here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/04/09/alec-legislator-homosexuals-psychopathic-killers/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/02/08/arizona-ground-zero-koch-attack-public-education/ Arizona "Ground Zero" for Koch Attack on Public Education]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/29/alec-legislator-fast-tracks-bill-block-local-campaign-finance-ordinances-arizona/ ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona]</h3>
[[Image:Kochs-characterture-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]The annual Koch donors summit took place at the five-star Indian Wells Resort and Spa in the California desert at the end of January. The millionaires and billionaires called to the posh resort from all parts of America by the Koch brothers pledged $100,000 or more for a $400 million effort to keep the U.S. House and Senate in Republican hands in 2018.
[[Image:Vinceleach-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Arizona Rep. Vince Leach</center>]]A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature. [https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2r/bills/hb2153p.htm HB 2153] would make it illegal for localities to require tax exempt organizations to disclose donors and register as political action committees. The bill introduced by Rep. Vince Leach (R-11) was approved by the House and is waiting a final roll-call vote in the Senate.  


At the same time, the donors pledged to go to war with parents and teachers in Arizona who are fighting to block the state's massive school voucher expansion. Since taxpayer "vouchers" for private and religious schools were first put on the ballot in Michigan in 1978, they have been consistently rejected by voters who remember their roots in the [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12730/segregation-school-vouchers segregationist south] and understand that the well-off will take the money and run, leaving community schools without the funding they need and deserve. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/02/08/arizona-ground-zero-koch-attack-public-education/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/29/alec-legislator-fast-tracks-bill-block-local-campaign-finance-ordinances-arizona/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/01/29/alec-emperors-new-clothes/ The ALEC Emperor's New Clothes]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/28/bills-ban-local-soda-taxes-moving-states-coke-pepsi-borrow-tobacco-playbook/ Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook]</h3>
[[Image:Saine-twitter-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]ALEC named Republican North Carolina state representative Jason Saine its [http://nsjonline.com/article/2017/12/saine-tapped-to-chair-alec/ new national chairman] late last year.
[[Image:DeceivingFrontGroup_270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Watch out public health advocates - as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation - the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.  


Saine, who took office in 2011, has co-sponsored many bills held dear to ALEC, including those on charter schools, limits to speech on campus, a [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/06/alec-backs-extreme-climate-denial-constitutional-rewrite-corporate-wish-list-nashville-summit/ constitutional convention] and federal preemption of state and local rules [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/11/13173/fracking-special-interests-spent-big-2016-elections governing fracking]. (View his voting record [https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134760/jason-saine#.WjBPoN-nGM8 here].)
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/28/bills-ban-local-soda-taxes-moving-states-coke-pepsi-borrow-tobacco-playbook/ here].
 
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For pushing the ALEC agenda, Saine was awarded the 2014 ALEC "[https://www.alec.org/press-release/rep-jason-saine-awarded-legislator-year-american-legislative-exchange-council/ Legislator of the Year]," an award that seems to be a requirement for its top post.
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/22/donors-trust-doled-out-66-7-million-to-controversial-groups-in-2016/ Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016]</h3>
[[Image:Dark_money-Donors_Trust270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Donors Trust is a little-known investment vehicle that allows right-wing millionaires, billionaires, and foundations to funnel millions of dollars to controversial causes anonymously. IRS filings submitted by [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust Donors Trust] and obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, show that the fund distributed $66.7 million in grants in 2016, the most recent year for which information is available.


Despite his ALEC accolades, Saine's legislative career in the Tar Heel state has been mired in controversy. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/01/29/alec-emperors-new-clothes/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/22/donors-trust-doled-out-66-7-million-to-controversial-groups-in-2016/ here].
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ALEC News

ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers "It's a Behavior Thing"

Indiana Rep. Woody Burton
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has been reporting on some of the bizarre choices for ALEC's "Legislator of the Week Award." In Indiana, Republican Rep. Woody Burton, the chair of the Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Taskforce, who was named the ALEC/FreedomWorks "legislator of the week" in March had this to say when discussing LGBT rights at a town hall meeting:

"You can't control it sometimes. I understand that. If someone's a psychopathic killer, it's a behavior thing. They can't help it. OK? Somebody's a homosexual, maybe it's a genetic thing. Maybe it's not. They can't help it. But it's still a behavioral thing.”

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona

Arizona Rep. Vince Leach
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature. HB 2153 would make it illegal for localities to require tax exempt organizations to disclose donors and register as political action committees. The bill introduced by Rep. Vince Leach (R-11) was approved by the House and is waiting a final roll-call vote in the Senate.

Read the rest of this item here.

Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook

Watch out public health advocates - as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation - the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.

Read the rest of this item here.

Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016

Donors Trust is a little-known investment vehicle that allows right-wing millionaires, billionaires, and foundations to funnel millions of dollars to controversial causes anonymously. IRS filings submitted by Donors Trust and obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, show that the fund distributed $66.7 million in grants in 2016, the most recent year for which information is available.

Read the rest of this item here.

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